Three Suns is a generative artwork based on the mathematical “superformula.” Three dark objects, defined by bright orange rays, inhabit a shared space. As they circle one another and change in size, they generate a continuous soundscape determined by their relative positions.
As the objects travel, they leave visual traces that are overwritten and blended over time, creating a dense, layered composition.
The project was featured by Bruce Sterling in Wired Magazine (‘Showtime: LIA, Three Suns’, 2012). While originating as real-time software, the work is distributed as a single-channel video for cinema and exhibition contexts by the Austrian distributor sixpackfilm.
Three Suns (2012), generative animation. Excerpt from the 7’49” single-channel video.
Still frames from the video animation.
Project Details
Year Created: 2012
Medium: Generative Art, presented as Single-Channel Video
Duration: 7’49” (Format: 16:9)
Sound: LIA
Distribution: sixpackfilm
Key Exhibitions & Screenings
Variation – Paris Media Art Fair, Paris, France (Oct 19 – Oct 25, 2015)
Curator: Dominique Moulon
MUMOK (Museum Moderner Kunst), Vienna, Austria (‘Working on Abstraction’), May 13, 2015
National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra, Australia (Sep 19, 2014)
34th Uppsala Int. Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden (Oct 19, 2015)
LIAF – London Int. Animation Festival, London, UK (Dec 4 – Dec 13, 2015)
Press: Featured in Wired Magazine by Bruce Sterling (2012).
